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History and Ethnicity

Edited by Elizabeth Tonkin, Maryon McDonald, Malcolm Chapman ...

Series series Routledge Library Editions: Historiography
These essays examine the importance of historical consicousness and the role of historiography in ‘ethnic’ situations, exploring the many ways in which ethnic groups select history, write or rewrite it, rescue appropriate or ignore it, forget or traduce it. Drawing on expert knowledge of regions ranging from the Amazon to contemporary Germany, the contributors bring anthropological and historical ... Read more

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These essays examine the importance of historical consicousness and the role of historiography in ‘ethnic’ situations, exploring the many ways in which ethnic groups select history, write or rewrite it, rescue appropriate or ignore it, forget or traduce it. Drawing on expert knowledge of regions ranging from the Amazon to contemporary Germany, the contributors bring anthropological and historical
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A New History of the Irish in Australia

by Elizabeth Malcolm, Dianne Hall ...

The book uses source materials not employed previously; it examines topics not studied in the past; it takes approaches not attempted before; and it draws upon the latest research published, not only in Australia, but overseas as well. The book does not aspire to be a general account, like the one Patrick O’Farrell published over 30 years ago. Instead, this new history is concerned with certain ... Read more

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The book uses source materials not employed previously; it examines topics not studied in the past; it takes approaches not attempted before; and it draws upon the latest research published, not only in Australia, but overseas as well. The book does not aspire to be a general account, like the one Patrick O’Farrell published over 30 years ago. Instead, this new history is concerned with certain
... Read more
Our Heroines Suffer a Scandal

The Misadventures of a Titian-Haired Goddess and an Outrageous Hellion, #1

by Elizabeth Kingston, Susanna Malcolm ...

Series Book 1 - The Misadventures of a Titian-Haired Goddess and an Outrageous Hellion
BEING the FIRST INSTALLMENT of the compleat and unexpurgated Correspondence of two Ladies of Quality, who defied the constraints laid upon them by Society in order to consort with dashing rogues, overindulge in strong spirits, attempt to escape an intolerable betrothal, engage in some light vixenish teasing, and learn the details of a delicate and daring Matter of Honour; AND DESCRIBING the many ... Read more

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BEING the FIRST INSTALLMENT of the compleat and unexpurgated Correspondence of two Ladies of Quality, who defied the constraints laid upon them by Society in order to consort with dashing rogues, overindulge in strong spirits, attempt to escape an intolerable betrothal, engage in some light vixenish teasing, and learn the details of a delicate and daring Matter of Honour; AND DESCRIBING the many
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The Greatest Ghost and Horror Stories Ever Written: volume 1 (30 short stories)

by Ambrose Bierce, Edgar Allan Poe, Algernon Blackwood, Charles Brockden Brown, John Buchan, Robert William Chambers, Charles Dickens, George du Maurier, John Meade Falkner, Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Thomas Hardy, William Hope Hodgson, James Hogg, Washington Irving, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Howard Phillips Lovecraft, Arthur Machen, Richard Marsh, Jan Neruda, Edith Nesbit, Hume Nisbet, James Malcom Rymer, Mary Shelley, Robert Louis Stevenson, Bram Stoker, George Sylvester Viereck ...

The Damned Thing - Ambrose Bierce A Prisoner in Fairyland - Algernon Blackwood The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories - Algernon Blackwood The Willows - Algernon Blackwood Wieland: or, The Transformation - Charles Brockden Brown The Keeper of Cademuir - John Buchan No-man's-land - John Buchan The Grove of Ashtaroth - John Buchan The Watcher by the Threshold - John Buchan The King in Yellow - ... Read more

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The Damned Thing - Ambrose Bierce A Prisoner in Fairyland - Algernon Blackwood The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories - Algernon Blackwood The Willows - Algernon Blackwood Wieland: or, The Transformation - Charles Brockden Brown The Keeper of Cademuir - John Buchan No-man's-land - John Buchan The Grove of Ashtaroth - John Buchan The Watcher by the Threshold - John Buchan The King in Yellow -
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Frontiers of Labor

Comparative Histories of the United States and Australia

by Shelton Stromquist, Robin Archer, Nikola Balnave, James R. Barrett, Bradley Bowden, Verity Burgmann, Robert Cherny, Peter Clayworth, Tom Goyens, Dianne Hall0, Benjamin Huf1, Jennie Jeppesen2, Marjorie A Jerrard3, Jeffrey A Johnson4, Diane Kirkby5, Elizabeth Malcolm6, Patrick O’Leary7, Greg Patmore8, Scott Stephenson0, Peta Stevenson-Clarke1, Nathan Wise2 ...

Series Book 1 - Working Class in American History
Alike in many aspects of their histories, Australia and the United States diverge in striking ways when it comes to their working classes, labor relations, and politics.Greg Patmore and Shelton Stromquist curate innovative essays that use transnational and comparative analysis to explore the two nations’ differences. The contributors examine five major areas: World War I’s impact on labor and ... Read more

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Alike in many aspects of their histories, Australia and the United States diverge in striking ways when it comes to their working classes, labor relations, and politics.Greg Patmore and Shelton Stromquist curate innovative essays that use transnational and comparative analysis to explore the two nations’ differences. The contributors examine five major areas: World War I’s impact on labor and
... Read more
America's Healthcare Transformation

Strategies and Innovations

by Susan A. Abookire, David W. Bates, Sarah Slight, Mark R. Chassin, Erin S. DuPree, Alberta T. Pedroja, William S. Weintraub, Sandra A. Weiss, Kasaiah Makam, Arthur "Tim" Garson, Jason Gorevic, Tine Hansen-Turton, Kenneth Patric, Janet J. Teske, Arnold Milstein, Elizabeth Malcolm, Steven R. Steinhubl, Ju Young Kim, Alicia D.H. Monroe, Nana Ekua Coleman, Julia D. Andrieni, Mauro Ferrari, Hanh H. Hoang, Philip Greenland, Kunal N. Karmali, Gary S. Kaplan, Henry H. Ting, Kasey R. Boehmer, Victor M. Montori, Thomas W. Feeley, Nikhil G. Thaker, James L. Field, Thomas H. Lee, Deirde Mylod, Sharyl Wojciechowski, Amir Rubin, Marc L. Boom ...

A revolution in American medicine is in full swing, with the race from fee-for-service to fee-for-value at the front line in an epic battle that will transform healthcare delivery for decades to come. In America’s Healthcare Transformation, eminent physician leader Robert A. Phillips brings together key thought leaders and trail-blazing practitioners, who provide a wide-ranging exploration of the ... Read more

$86.99 USD

A revolution in American medicine is in full swing, with the race from fee-for-service to fee-for-value at the front line in an epic battle that will transform healthcare delivery for decades to come. In America’s Healthcare Transformation, eminent physician leader Robert A. Phillips brings together key thought leaders and trail-blazing practitioners, who provide a wide-ranging exploration of the
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Selected Poems

by Pierre Ronsard ...

Translated by Malcolm Quainton, Elizabeth Vinestock ...

Ronsard is considered one of France's greatest love poets, yet his poetic achievements are not restricted to his verses of love, wine and nature. A true Renaissance figure, his themes ranged from politics, science and philsophy, to the bawdy and risqué. Using Greco-Roman and Italian poetic models, and drawing on the rich images of classical mythology, Ronsard revolutionised the tradition of French ... Read more

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Ronsard is considered one of France's greatest love poets, yet his poetic achievements are not restricted to his verses of love, wine and nature. A true Renaissance figure, his themes ranged from politics, science and philsophy, to the bawdy and risqué. Using Greco-Roman and Italian poetic models, and drawing on the rich images of classical mythology, Ronsard revolutionised the tradition of French
... Read more
Emilia

by Morgan Lloyd Malcolm ...

Series series Student Editions
'A spicy work of biographical conjecture ... It's also a rousing reminder of the countless creative women who have been written out of history or have had to fight relentlessly to make themselves heard.' EVENING STANDARD'The great virtue of Lloyd Malcolm's speculative history lies in its passion and anger: it ends with a blazing address to the audience that is virtually a call to arms. It is ... Read more

$15.99 USD

'A spicy work of biographical conjecture ... It's also a rousing reminder of the countless creative women who have been written out of history or have had to fight relentlessly to make themselves heard.' EVENING STANDARD'The great virtue of Lloyd Malcolm's speculative history lies in its passion and anger: it ends with a blazing address to the audience that is virtually a call to arms. It is
... Read more
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Ask the Past

Pertinent and Impertinent Advice from Yesteryear

by Elizabeth P. Archibald ...

Narrated by Elizabeth P. Archibald, Graeme Malcolm ...

Unabridged

2 hours 34 min

Want to know how to garden with lobsters? How to sober up? Grow a beard? Or simply how to make a perfect omelet? Look no further. Rather, look backward.Based on the popular blog, Ask the Past is full of the wisdom of the ages--as well as the fad diets, zany pickup lines, and bacon Band-Aids of the ages. Drawn from centuries of antique texts by historian and bibliophile Elizabeth P. Archibald, Ask ... Read more

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Want to know how to garden with lobsters? How to sober up? Grow a beard? Or simply how to make a perfect omelet? Look no further. Rather, look backward.Based on the popular blog, Ask the Past is full of the wisdom of the ages--as well as the fad diets, zany pickup lines, and bacon Band-Aids of the ages. Drawn from centuries of antique texts by historian and bibliophile Elizabeth P. Archibald, Ask
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A Description of Acquaintance

The Letters of Laura Riding and Gertrude Stein, 1927-1930

Narrated by Elizabeth Wiley ...

Unabridged

8 hours 48 min

Gertrude Stein and Laura Riding enjoyed a fascinating if brief three-year friendship via correspondence between 1927 and 1930, and in A Description of Acquaintance, Logan Esdale and Jane Malcolm make the letters available to a larger audience for the first time. Riding and Stein are important figures in twentieth-century poetry and poetics and are considered progenitors of later movements such as ... Read more

$19.99 USD

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Gertrude Stein and Laura Riding enjoyed a fascinating if brief three-year friendship via correspondence between 1927 and 1930, and in A Description of Acquaintance, Logan Esdale and Jane Malcolm make the letters available to a larger audience for the first time. Riding and Stein are important figures in twentieth-century poetry and poetics and are considered progenitors of later movements such as
... Read more

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Pink Mist

by Owen Sheers ...

Narrated by Liam Gerrard, Robert K. Benson, Andrew Fallaize, Marisa Calin, Elizabeth Jasicki, Gemma Dawson, Graeme Malcolm, various narrators ...

Unabridged

1 hour 40 min

From the author of I Saw a Man comes a powerful drama in verse that captures both the trauma of modern warfare and the difficulty of transitioning back to normal life after combat.In early 2008, three young friends from Bristol decide to join the army and are deployed to the conflict in Afghanistan. Within a short space of time the three men return to the women in their lives—a wife, a mother, a ... Read more

$14.99 USD

Also available as: eBook

From the author of I Saw a Man comes a powerful drama in verse that captures both the trauma of modern warfare and the difficulty of transitioning back to normal life after combat.In early 2008, three young friends from Bristol decide to join the army and are deployed to the conflict in Afghanistan. Within a short space of time the three men return to the women in their lives—a wife, a mother, a
... Read more

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House of Cads

Ladies of Scandal, #2

by Elizabeth Kingston ...

Series Book 2 - Ladies of Scandal
Vivez la vie pleinement…Live life to the fullest.That's always been Marie-Anne de Vauteuil's motto. As a Frenchwoman of highly questionable upbringing, she was shunned by genteel society when her fiancé died years ago, leaving her a penniless, fallen woman. Almost married, almost a widow…She retreated to an isolated village where no one knows or cares about her sordid past. And with no one to ... Read more

$4.99 USD

Vivez la vie pleinement…Live life to the fullest.That's always been Marie-Anne de Vauteuil's motto. As a Frenchwoman of highly questionable upbringing, she was shunned by genteel society when her fiancé died years ago, leaving her a penniless, fallen woman. Almost married, almost a widow…She retreated to an isolated village where no one knows or cares about her sordid past. And with no one to
... Read more

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